ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
BEFORE : RAVINDRA SINGH, J.
LAL SINGH .....Applicant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA ....Opposite Party
(Criminal Misc. Application No. 792 of 2006, decided on 30th May, 2014)
Hon’ble Ravindra Singh, J.—Heard Sri Daya Shankar Mishra, Sri Chandrakesh Mishra, learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State of U.P. and Sri N.I. Zafri, learned counsel for the C.B.I.
This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicant Lal Singh with a prayer to quash the orders dated 21.9.2001, 1.10.2001, 11.10.2001, 1.11.2001. 6.11.2001 and 4.12.2001 passed by the Incharge Special Judicial Magistrate/Magistrate, Dehradun in case No. 1288 of 2001 C.B.I. v. Lal Singh and others, under Section 302/234, 193/34, 201/34 IPC. The orders dated 7.1.2002 and 26.2.2004 passed by learned Special Judicial Magistrate/Magistrate C.B.I. Dehradun and the order dated 2.4.2004 passed by learned Special Judge (Anti corruption) U.P. (East), Ghaziabad and the further proceedings proceedings pending in the Court of Special Judge (Anti Corruption) U.P. (East), Ghaziabad in Special case No. 12 of 2004 under Section 302/234, 193/34 and 201/34 IPC.
2. The facts in brief of this case are that an FIR in case crime No. 138 of 1996 under Section 302 IPC, P.S. Bhojpur, District Ghaziabad was registered against the accused Ranpal, Bhagwat, Vinod and Surendra in which one Jageshwar was killed. On 8.11.1996 the applicant who was officer incharge of P.S. Bhojpur, District Ghaziabad alongwith police personal Suryabhan, Ranveer Singh, Subhash Chandra and the accused persons Ranpal, Bhagwat, Vinod and Surendra proceeded from the police station in a police jeep driven by its driver Sukhpal Singh for the purpose of recovering the weapons used in the commission of the alleged offence by making its entry in G.D. No. 22 at 15.10 O’clock, when they reached near the sugar cane filed of one Charmu at about 3.30 p.m. they saw four miscreants sitting one bridge. The miscreants were asked to stop by the police party, they fired at the police party but fortunately nobody sustained any injury from the side of the police. In defence the applicant, constable Ranveer, constable Suryabhan and constable Subhash Chandra also fired towards the miscreants consequently two of the miscreants died on the spot but remaining two miscreants entered into the sugar can field of Charmu. The firing was going on from both the sides, in the meantime the message was given to the control room by the driver of the jeep. The additional police force was also came at the place of the incident, the miscreants who had entered into a sugar cane field, on which the firing was done by the miscreants ultimately both the miscreants after sustaining the injury also died on the spot. In the said police encounter all the four miscreants had died. Its FIR was lodged in case crime No. 142 of 1996, 143 of 1996, 144 of 1996, 145 of 1996 and 146 of 1996 under Sections 307 IPC and 25 Arms Act. In the said incident fire arms used by the miscreants were also recovered by the police. Its investigation was entrusted to Officer Incharge of P.S. Hapur, District Ghaziagad. The statements of the witnesses of case crime No. 138 of 1996 were recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C. in which they categorically stated that there had been a police encounter with the miscreants, after concluding the investigation the final report was submitted in the Court of learned Magistrate concerned, the same was accepted by Addl. C.J.M. (North), Ghaziabad on 5.4.1997 but the State Government ordered for Magisterial enquiry, the inquiry was entrusted to A.D.M. Ghaziabad who forwarded the inquiry report dated 27.11.1997 to Home Secretary, U.P. Government, Lucknow. Thereafter the State Government referred the matter to CBI, the CBI registered the FIR in case crime No. RC 7 (R/37/97/SIC-4/Lucknow) on 10.4.1997 at 10 a.m. The CBI concluded the investigation and submitted the charge-sheet dated 10.9.2001 before Incharge Special Judicial Magistrate CBI (Anti Corruption), Dehradun on which the cognizance was taken on 1.10.2001, subsequently the orders dated 1.10.2001, 11.10.2001, 6.11.2001 and 4.12.2001
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